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Text file

A text file (sometimes spelled textfile; an old alternative name is flat file) is a kind of computer file that is structured as a sequence of lines of electronic text. A text file exists stored as data within a computer file system.

Formats, Overview & Encoding

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Key facts & relationships

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Free format?
yes
Internet media type
text/plain
Magic number
None
Type code
TEXT
Type of format
Document file format, Generic container format
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI)
public.plain-text

Topics to explore

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Overview

Data storage

Encoding

Formats

Rendering

Related concepts

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

Map overview Semantic statistics

Text file

Nodes73
Edges72
Triples93
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027397
Components1

How this topic connects Entity context

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Text file

Top relations

related to Encoding · 18
Text file → Although, American English, ASCII, Asian, Because, British, English, English-language, European, In, ISO-8859-1, ISO-8859-16, It, Prior, The ASCII, Thus, Unicode, UTF-8
related to Apple Macintosh text files · 11
Text file → Being, CR, Lines, Mac OS, Prior, TEXT, Uniform Type Identifier, Unix, Unix-like, UTI, UTIs
related to Microsoft Windows text files · 10
Text file → CR, CR-LF, DOS, For, However, It, LF, Microsoft Windows, Notepad, On Microsoft Windows
related to Related concepts · 6
Text file → CSV, Early, HTML, Other, TeX, The
related to Unix text files · 5
Text file → Additionally, LF, On Unix-like, POSIX, This
related to Formats · 4
Text file → MIME, On, Such, Text
related to Rendering · 4
Text file → Depending, This, Though, When
related to Data storage · 3
Text file → Because, Further, They
Filename extension · 1
Text file → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .txt
Free format? · 1
Text file → yes

Important terminology Word statistics

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Important terminology

text file files windows characters character microsoft systems plain system operating utf-8 computer unicode encoding dos format unix-like common encodings

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Text fileFilename extension.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .txt1.00infobox
Text fileFree format?yes1.00infobox
Text fileInternet media typetext/plain1.00infobox
Text fileMagic numberNone1.00infobox
Text fileType codeTEXT1.00infobox
Text fileType of formatDocument file format, Generic container format1.00infobox
Text fileUniform Type Identifier (UTI)public.plain-text1.00infobox
Text fileUTI conformationpublic.text1.00infobox
CP/Minstance ofA text file exists stored as data within a computer file system.In operating systems0.80text
where the operating system does not keep track of the file size in bytesinstance ofA text file exists stored as data within a computer file system.In operating systems0.80text
the end of a text file is denoted by placing one or more special charactersinstance ofA text file exists stored as data within a computer file system.In operating systems0.80text
known as an end-of-fileinstance ofA text file exists stored as data within a computer file system.In operating systems0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

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    Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

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    Min side: 3
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